The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyUltrasound-Guided Motor-Sparing Knee Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Blinded Study.
Pain following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is often severe and can inhibit rehabilitation. Motor-sparing analgesic techniques such as periarticular infiltrations and adductor canal blocks have been popularized for knee analgesia since they preserve motor strength and permit early mobilization. Our primary objective was to compare the duration of analgesia from motor-sparing blocks with that of a standard periarticular infiltration. We used the time to first rescue analgesia as the end point. ⋯ Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2017
Patient Decision Aids Improve Decision Quality and Patient Experience and Reduce Surgical Rates in Routine Orthopaedic Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Patient decision aids are effective in randomized controlled trials, yet little is known about their impact in routine care. The purpose of this study was to examine whether decision aids increase shared decision-making when used in routine care. ⋯ There is increasing pressure to design systems of care that inform and involve patients in decisions about elective surgery. In this study, the authors found that patient decision aids, when used as part of routine orthopaedic care, were associated with increased knowledge, more shared decision-making, higher patient experience ratings, and lower surgical rates.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2017
Risk Factors for Prolonged Opioid Use Following Spine Surgery, and the Association with Surgical Intensity, Among Opioid-Naive Patients.
There is a growing concern that the use of prescription opioids following surgical interventions, including spine surgery, may predispose patients to chronic opioid use and abuse. We sought to estimate the proportion of patients using opioids up to 1 year after discharge following common spinal surgical procedures and to identify factors associated with sustained opioid use. ⋯ Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2017
CommentIn Spite of Limited Generalizability, New Findings Reinforce the Lesson That Long-Term Opioid Use Is Not Attributable to Surgical Pain: Commentary on an article by Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, MSc, et al.: "Risk Factors for Prolonged Opioid Use Following Spine Surgery, and the Association with Surgical Intensity, Among Opioid-Naive Patients".